Programs by Subject

Showing Diseases and Disorders

13 Jan 2013

Since AIDS was discovered 30 years ago, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes it, HIV, has infected more than 60 million people and killed nearly half of them. Two-thirds of sufferers are in Africa and one in ten is a child, and a final push is underway to get the new generation of anti-HIV drugs to every person known to have the virus. This program was first broadcast on 12 August 2012.

Podcasts and Feeds

Feature Articles

Tens of thousands of foreigners are currently fighting in the conflict in Iraq and Syria. While foreign fighters might be making headlines now, there’s nothing new about the phenomenon. Erica Vowles traces the history of Australians fighting overseas from the Spanish Civil War to today.

As Iran reaches a historic deal with six major world powers to rein it its nuclear program, Rear Vision takes a look back at how the country's nuclear industry first began—with help from the United States.

Last month’s announcement that Energy Resources Australia will pull the plug on the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory signals the end of one of the most controversial chapters in Australian mining history. Keri Phillips traces the history of uranium mining in Australia.